Some folks are touting AMD’s Neo platform as a competitor to Intel’s Atom. I personally think they’re off base a little. With the ATI graphics in the dv2, the overall platform is generally more potent and responsive than in the Atom-based netbooks I’ve owned. Running Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP-1, the basic environment runs very snappy. The CPU cycles between 800MHz and 1.6GHz as needed, which offers power when required. The platform also supports up to 4GB of RAM, while the Atom tops out at 2GB. I wouldn’t call this device a netbook either, and not just because of the starting price of $749. There’s far more power here than in today’s netbooks; you’ll pay for it in the price and also in the battery life. HP even brands it as an HP Pavilion Entertainment PC. That’s no netbook.

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